Thekerani, Malawi - Malawi's once-thriving banana industry is battling for survival, brought to its knees by disease outbreaks, trade disruptions and years of neglect. In the hills of Thyolo, though, ...

Mahathir Aripin from Jalan Sandakan-Lahad Datu village in Sabah posted a photo of the banana tree standing almost in the middle of the road on his Facebook page. The base of the tree was covered ...

First, that the yellow banana is not a fruit (because it has no seeds), and second, that it comes from a tree (the banana tree). There are close to 1,000 species of banana today.

Gabriel Sachter-Smith is a banana aficionado who has identified some 500 varieties of banana on expeditions around the tropical world. “It’s like collecting Pokémon,” Mr. Sachter-Smith said ...

There is a fertilizer specifically formulated for banana trees, one recommended NPK ratio (nitrogen-phosphorous-potassium) is 8-10-8. I did notice one in particular available locally that is 8-2-12.